Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fierce dust storm, known as a haboob, slammed the Phoenix metropolitan area on Monday, bringing dark skies and power outages to ...

A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the city into near-zero visibility. The dust storm was quickly followed by severe ...

A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation’s ...

The American Meteorological Society's Glossary of Meteorology defines a haboob as... An intense sand storm or dust storm caused by strong winds, with sand and/or dust often lofted to heights as high ...

A fierce dust storm, known as a haboob, slammed the Phoenix metropolitan area on Monday, bringing dark skies and power outages to tens of thousands of residents. The haboob arrived late in the ...